TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct atomic-scale confirmation of three-phase storage mechanism in Li4Ti5 O12 anodes for room-temperature sodium-ion batteries
AU - Sun, Yang
AU - Zhao, Liang
AU - Pan, Huilin
AU - Lu, Xia
AU - Gu, Lin
AU - Hu, Yong Sheng
AU - Li, Hong
AU - Armand, Michel
AU - Ikuhara, Yuichi
AU - Chen, Liquan
AU - Huang, Xuejie
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Room-temperature sodium-ion batteries attract increasing attention for large-scale energy storage applications in renewable energy and smart grid. However, the development of suitable anode materials remains a challenging issue. Here we demonstrate that the spinel Li4 Ti5 O 12, well-known as a 'zero-strain' anode for lithium-ion batteries, can also store sodium, displaying an average storage voltage of 0.91 V. With an appropriate binder, the Li4Ti5 O12 electrode delivers a reversible capacity of 155 mAh g -1 and presents the best cyclability among all reported oxide-based anode materials. Density functional theory calculations predict a three-phase separation mechanism, 2Li4 Ti 5 O 12+6Na + +6e - â†"Li7Ti5 O12 +Na 6 LiTi 5 O 12, which has been confirmed through in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and advanced scanning transmission electron microscope imaging techniques. The three-phase separation reaction has never been seen in any insertion electrode materials for lithium- or sodium-ion batteries. Furthermore, interfacial structure is clearly resolved at an atomic scale in electrochemically sodiated Li4Ti5 O12 for the first time via the advanced electron microscopy.
AB - Room-temperature sodium-ion batteries attract increasing attention for large-scale energy storage applications in renewable energy and smart grid. However, the development of suitable anode materials remains a challenging issue. Here we demonstrate that the spinel Li4 Ti5 O 12, well-known as a 'zero-strain' anode for lithium-ion batteries, can also store sodium, displaying an average storage voltage of 0.91 V. With an appropriate binder, the Li4Ti5 O12 electrode delivers a reversible capacity of 155 mAh g -1 and presents the best cyclability among all reported oxide-based anode materials. Density functional theory calculations predict a three-phase separation mechanism, 2Li4 Ti 5 O 12+6Na + +6e - â†"Li7Ti5 O12 +Na 6 LiTi 5 O 12, which has been confirmed through in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and advanced scanning transmission electron microscope imaging techniques. The three-phase separation reaction has never been seen in any insertion electrode materials for lithium- or sodium-ion batteries. Furthermore, interfacial structure is clearly resolved at an atomic scale in electrochemically sodiated Li4Ti5 O12 for the first time via the advanced electron microscopy.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncomms2878
DO - 10.1038/ncomms2878
M3 - Article
C2 - 23695664
AN - SCOPUS:84878717290
VL - 4
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
M1 - 1870
ER -